In January 2017, he was named the Director of Recruiting for the University of Cincinnati, and then in January 2018, he was promoted to Special Teams Coordinator.[1] Mason helped lead the Bearcats to an appearance in the 2021 College Football Playoff.
Notre Dame
In January 2022, it was reported he would become the Special Teams Coordinator at the University of Notre Dame.[3] The move re-united Mason with Marcus Freeman, whom he previously worked with at both Ohio State and Cincinnati.[4]
Mason is a native of Zionsville, Indiana where he played football for Zionsville Community High School and holds a bachelor's degree in economics(Denison), and master's degrees in education (Bluffton, 2012), recreation and sports management (Purdue, 2014), and kinesiology, sport management (Ohio State, 2016).[1]